Where to install non-debianized python modules?

[Gregor Gorjanc <gregor.gorjanc@bfro.uni-lj.si>]

Hello!

I am a total newbie to Python and I am confused with installation of
non-debianized python modules? I am trying to install PyPedal[1] module.
It has several dependencies and I have found most of them as debian
packages for which I am really grateful to you folks! I am left with a
list of three modules that are not debianized i.e.: pythondoc, testoob
and PyPedal. How should these be installed so that I will not mess up my
Debian installation? If I simply use the following

wget
http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pypedal/PyPedal-2.0.0b21.tar.gz

## This should be now general
tar -xzvvf PyPedal-*
cd PyPedal-*
python setup.py install

I will end up with messing the system stuff. Which flag should I use
--home, --debian, --prefix, ... to properly separate local installation.

I appologize if this is trivial, but I was not able to find any relevant
info on the web.

Thank you!

[1]http://pypedal.sourceforge.net/

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